Large battleship with tall masts and smokestacks sails through choppy water with small boats nearby.
Recto
Verso

Edward Hopper

Recto

(Study of a Large Ship at Sea)

Verso

(Study of a Decorative Face)

1895–1899

Not on view

3,151 works in the collection
68 exhibitions
View more by this artist https://whitney.org/collection/works/21503

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Pen and ink on board (recto); Graphite pencil on board (verso)

Dimensions
Sheet: 4 3/8 × 5 in. (11.1 × 12.7 cm)

Accession number
70.1558.69a-b

Credit line
Josephine N. Hopper Bequest

Rights and reproductions
© Heirs of Josephine N. Hopper/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/21503

Part of a series:
(100 drawings)
99 works

Nude woman standing with one hand on her hip and looking forward.
A sketch of a person in a wide-brim hat and poncho walking and carrying a jug.
A woman sketched twice in ink, showing a close-up portrait and a full-length figure wearing a hat.
A sailor sits on deck with his face in his hands and text reads "Water, water everywhere."
Woman in a red sketch striking a leaning dance pose surrounded by swirling lines, captioned "Dancing Egyptian."
Two pencil profile sketches of men wearing hats, the right figure labeled "Pierre".
A pencil sketch of a monkey gripping and hanging from a vertical rope, with nearby head sketches.
Rough pencil sketch of a bearded man's profile labeled "JUDAS" among abstract figures and a cross.
A cowboy wearing a wide hat and bandolier stands in the desert pointing two pistols forward.
A sketch of a brown horse head wearing a bridle and lead rope.

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